Judge sentences 3 to state prison for crimes in Orleans County
ALBION – Three people were sentenced to state prison on Wednesday by Orleans County Court Judge Sanford Church.
A former Albion man received the longest sentenced of five years in state prison when he was sentenced on Wednesday.
Joel Prouty, 39, pleaded guilty in County Court to attempted course of sexual conduct in third degree. He now lives in Bethany, Genesee County. He admitted in County Court on Oct. 1 to having anal sexual contact at least twice with a victim between June 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. The victim was the ages of 9 and 10 when this happened, the Orleans County District Attorney’s Office said. Prouty was charged on May 21 by the Albion Police Department with course of sex conduct against a child in the 1st degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
He also faces up to 20 years of post-release supervision.
In other cases in County Court:
• Stanley Ivy, 42, of Albion was sentenced to four years in state prison for attempted sexual abuse in the first degree.
He allegedly had sexual contact with a 9-year-old between March and August 2023. Ivy already was a convicted sex offender.
He will also be on post-release supervision for 15 years. The judge also issued an order of protection for the victim of the crime for eight years, the longest possible.
• Troy Clarke, 28, of Brooklyn was sentenced to two years in state prison for attempted promoting prison contraband by having a black ceramic razor inside the Orleans Correctional Facility.
Clarke should have been sentenced 18 months ago but he failed to appear in court. Since then, he has been charged with two more crimes, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a robbery. The sentencing on Wednesday doesn’t include the new crimes.
Clarke apologized to the judge and said he was unable to appear previously at sentencing because he missed a bus in New York City and had important family obligations, including caring for two children.
• Allan Bieber, 22, was sentenced to 10 years of probation for third-degree rape for having sex with a 15-year-old girl at St. Joseph’s Park on South Clinton Street on April 25. Bieber is a first-time offender.
He could be a registered sex offender for 10 years. That will be determined at a Jan. 21 hearing before Judge Church.
• Colton Palmer, 31, of Clarendon pleaded guilty to attempted criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree and faces up to six months in the county jail and five years of probation. He will be sentenced on Jan. 28.
Palmer admitted in court that on Sept. 30, 2018 he gave a Kimber Micro 380 pistol that wasn’t his to another person. He didn’t have a license to possess or sell the pistol. Palmer needed to be extradited from Montana to resolve the case.
• Callin LeMon, 36, was arraigned on promoting prison contraband in the first and second degrees, and for criminal possession of a weapon.
LeMon, who is incarcerated at the Orleans Correctional Facility, on April 29 allegedly had a black ceramic razor blade and a leafy substance.
He is currently serving an 8- to 10-year sentence for criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon. He is from Ulster County.
